We have instructions on 'how to create a macro' in our HELP page from the Front Panel Designer. Just click on Help in the Menu Bar of the Front Panel Designer then click on Help... again.

This will bring up the attached dialogue box. Enter 'macro object' in the search bar and the topics on macros will populate. Under 'creating macros' you will find instructions on how to create a macro.

Please don't hesitate to contact our customer service in case you need further assistance.

We have not heard of this issue recently. Can you re-download and install the latest version of our Front Panel Designer from our homepage?

If the problem persists, please provide us with more information and we will try to resolve it.

We will need to know:

What operating system are you using? Which version of the operating system?
Do you get an error message?
What exactly happens? It just freezes?
Does it happen in the ordering program or the Front Panel Designer or both?
At what step during the ordering process?

I am confident we can make the Front Panel Designer work again on your system.

In FPD v4.5.1 for Mac OS X, it is no longer to click on the body text of pop-up menus in dialogs to trigger the menu. (E.g., the countersink pop-up menu in the insert hole dialog.) Instead, I must click on the arrow portion of the pop-up menu. This behavior is different than version 4.4 and makes 4.5.1 much more difficult to use.

(It looks like the type of user interface element changed from one in a rounded rect with a double arrow at the end to a combination text field with a b***on on the end. I've never seen one like it before.)

Thank you for letting us know about your issue. The underlying framework (wxWidgets) we use for the Front Panel Designer has been updated and that has changed the behavior of the mentioned pop-up menu.

We are also not happy with how the pop-up menu works now on OS X and will look for a solution so it reverts to the old behavior in a future version.

You can either design your cutouts with the 'bump-out' zero corner radius corners in your CAD software and then import the cutouts as a free contour .dxf or you can use the 1mm drill hole tool and place the cutouts on the corners manually. Either way will work.

Please don't hesitate to contact our customer service directly if you have more questions.

Your are correct that the backside cavity is not visible. You can see it by clicking CTRL+D on your keyboard or clicking on 'View' then 'Outline mode'.

For the global change to inches please make sure you select inches in the Units and inches in the 'Grid distance' in 'Settings'. Also select 'set as default' and click ok. Please see the attached screenshot of how it should be setup.

Please don't hesitate to contact us if something is not clear or if you have more questions.